Today's crowd

[themanonthehill]

Of the 14,000 dead set 5,000 were kiwis, 5,000 were heading up the M5 back to civilisation and the `rugby league stronghold of the macarthur' would have offered up 4,000. sh*t atmosphere, sh*t turnout, sh*t game. If the people of Campbelltown can't be f**ked, then move the games somewhere the fans actually go to. And don't give me the `NZ bring no fans' bullsh*t. Without the kiwis in the crowd it would have been a crowd well under 10k. 3 Sunday games at Campbelltown and 3 sh*thouse crowds for 1 win (and that was a lucky one) and 2 losses. Well done

 

[super_coach]

If trheir were 14000, 4000 stayed in the club, some doggy counting again at cambo

 

[themanonthehill]

An absolute joke yet again.
No wonder we never win there.
That's 2 from 6 in the last 2 yrs
Both v cronulla
`The people o macarthur love their league'
Utter wank ... guess they are a bit short with welfare week being this week coming and all
Utterly laughable

 

[madunit]

Yes it's the grass under the feet and the right combination of people in the stands that makes the Tigers players make better decisions on the field and forces the opponents to make more mistakes, affording us plenty of opportunities to win games that we're not even in.

I love Leichhardt Oval compared to Campbelltown, but seriously fellas, you're having a massive pull of yourselfs if you really think the ground we're playing at is really making difference.

The side has been performing so poorly of late, you could take them to any f**king ground in the cosmos and drag in any type of crowd you want and they would play the same sh*thouse game and easily lose again.

The fact you dipsh*ts believe that not to be the case is the only thing that is laughable.

 

[themanonthehill]

Utter garbage. Players love a good atmosphere and respond to a passionate crowd. Yesterday's turnout was pathetic. If the kiwi population of claymore hadn't descended on the ground it would have been sub 10k. For a team that, although not playing great, was still 6th before the game. The fans out there have shown they couldn't really give a flying whereas the fans turn up at Leichhardt and apart from the abberation against Manly when god decided to break a 5 year drought with a Noah's Ark type storm we have been virtually unbeatable there.

 

[Highlander]

do you honestly think the people of macarthur are stuipid not only do they get 3 games a year the games they get no one else wants cronulla canberra and warriors massive drawcards :roll: and put em on sunday dont qoute me on this but i think you will find campbelltown grounds records for crowds would all be nite games. But hey lets give em sunday arvo all day everyday.

All this crap about taking the games away is crap the club wouldnt dare do it its just all talk by a bunch of sour grape old balmain supporters who want everything. grow up dropkicks

 

[super_coach]

Its bad enough driving 1/2 to canberra on a sunday arvo net alone on a friday or saturday night and god forbid monday under lights at cambo, I would get home just in time for work on tuesday after seeing another lame duck effort from our mob

 

[madunit]

Utter garbage. Players love a good atmosphere and respond to a passionate crowd. Yesterday's turnout was pathetic. If the kiwi population of claymore hadn't descended on the ground it would have been sub 10k. For a team that, although not playing great, was still 6th before the game. The fans out there have shown they couldn't really give a flying whereas the fans turn up at Leichhardt and apart from the abberation against Manly when god decided to break a 5 year drought with a Noah's Ark type storm we have been virtually unbeatable there.

The only utter garbage is the tripe emanating from your mouth.

How do you justifyMelbourne's near faultless season this year despite having the 4th smallest crowd average for the season?

And compare that with the fact that last placed Penrith have bigger crowds on average than almost half the competition?

And how do you explain the fact that Souths draw larger crowds than 2nd placed Manly?

And how about the fact Brisbane have been very ordinary for the majority of the season thus far, yet have the largest average attendances?

You can't explain it. Why? Because it's bullsh*t.

If players came from and played their careers with the team in their area, building up loyalty and sense of community amongst the sides, as it was 30 years ago, then you'd have a point.

Fact is, Home ground advantage is an antiquated term which only applies to a very small minority of teams nowadays.

It's even harder to have any form of home ground advantage when you've had a ton of home grounds in the past few seasons.

The crowd (or lack of) has absolutely minimal impact on our teams performance.

 

[Vicious]

To be fair, i`ve got to slightly agree with themanonthehill about this. The crowd was disappointing, there have been a few recent disappointing crowds when we`ve played at Campbelltown. Still, no excuse for playing like crap and it`ll be very interesting to see what the crowd is at Leichardt on Monday night ???

 

[themanonthehill]

Our home grounds should be like a fortress. Our shortsightedness in whoring home games out for a quick dollar is costing us games and in the end will cost us money. We are like f**king gypsies having home games at Christchurch, Gosford, Homebush, Leichhardt and Campbelltown. And that is only in the last 2 seasons. It's a f**king farce and we are trying to make a final 8 playing hardly any `true' home games whereas teams like Melbourne, Parra, Manly, Brisbane, Nth Qld etc play their home games at f**king HOME.

What a joke. I don't see Man U shifting home games from Manchester to Beijing cos they'd make more money, or AC Milan shifting games from Milan to Kuala Lumpur. Instead of leagues clubs we should have a troupe of caravans befitting the homeless, stateless gypsies we have become.

As for home ground advantage being a load of crock. Tell you what. Take a look at every league table from every league in the world divided up into home and away form and I would guarantee you 95% plus of clubs around the world (in whatever code) accrue more than 50% of their points at home. If your theory held then all teams the world over would accrue 50% of their points at home and 50% away and we all know that is utter garbage.

Our home ground(s) should be fortresses, yet the team plays at each 3 times a year. We were promised 6 at each pre merger and we have been led a merry dance on that one as well. We are left with 3. One on a Sat arvo, one on a mon night and if the souths game is anything but a Sunday arvo then it is a farce

The club has been strangely quiet on the news of the home grounds for next season and I expect that the ku9ting homebush deal will be renewed.

 

[madunit]

see how quickly you change your perspective.

 

[westie]

Crowds, both in terms of numbers and passion have been utter rubbish at all grounds home and away for the Tigers. WT management have failed to capatilise on what was gifted them...

 

[hrundi99]

Crowds, both in terms of numbers and passion have been utter rubbish at all grounds home and away for the Tigers. WT management have failed to capatilise on what was gifted them...

What have they done wrong?

R2 LO 15,185
R5 CSS 17,566
R8 Gosford 19,111
R9 Telstra 13,625
R12 Telstra 22,245
R14 CSS 13,451
R17 Telstra 12,395
R19 CSS 14,012

CSS Avg: 15,010
LO Avg: 15,185
Telstra Avg: 16,088
Gosford Avg: 19,111

Avg: 15,949

By thedopeonthehill's "logic", we should move to Gosford, correct?

 

[gr8_1]

What have they done wrong?

R2 LO 15,185
R5 CSS 17,566
R8 Gosford 19,111
R9 Telstra 13,625
R12 Telstra 22,245
R14 CSS 13,451
R17 Telstra 12,395
R19 CSS 14,012

CSS Avg: 15,010
LO Avg: 15,185
Telstra Avg: 16,088
Gosford Avg: 19,111

Avg: 15,949

By thedopeonthehill's "logic", we should move to Gosford, correct?

Plus the biggest Sydney team crowd average in 2006.

 

[themanonthehill]

What about the fact we play few real home games and are trying to make an 8 against sides who play 12 proper home games like Manly, Melb, Parra, Warriors, etc ?

 

[gallagher]

The team coming last only has one home ground. It is'nt helping them.

 

[Mish]

The team coming last only has one home ground. It is'nt helping them.

mind you there are alot of 'issues' at Penrith off the field that has an impact on their performance on field.

Anyhow, I think crowds for WT are good... other than at Telstra the stands and hill always appears full and the fans are passionate, its a good atmosphere.

I wonder how the crowd figures will be Monday night at LO given it is on a Monday.. usually LO is jam packed.. hopefully it will be on a Monday night as well

 

[themanonthehill]

Well lets play no home games at all then. Let's put all home games on ebay and whore our home ground out like some ice f**ked junkie. Then when we don't make the 8 again, we can go back to sponsors like herbal world and raddison maine. If you win football games the rest looks after itself. Taking the telstra and gosford money is a quick fix in the short term that stuffs things up long term

 

[Highlander]

The more the club abandons the macarthur region the more chance another sport or code
WILL move in and the club will loose its biggest suport base. I sometimes wonder if the club either does not care or just thinks it wont happern.

open your eyes or one day it will be gorne A league played a game there last year and AFL is ever present ready to take over western sydney with the money it will pour into any region showing promise.

 

[gallagher]

Well lets play no home games at all then. Let's put all home games on ebay and whore our home ground out like some ice f**ked junkie. Then when we don't make the 8 again, we can go back to sponsors like herbal world and raddison maine. If you win football games the rest looks after itself. Taking the telstra and gosford money is a quick fix in the short term that stuffs things up long term

Your argument doesnt stack up.
The years when we only played games at Leichhardt and Campb we didnt malke the 8 and we had sponsors like Radisson Maine and Haerbal World. Since we've played at various venues our performances have improved and we've atrracted more sponsors.